Ministers were joined by other community members today in remembering those whose died in 2021 after experiencing homelessness.
Rev. Jane Rowe, talked about, “the terrible tragedy that homelessness persists.” She was joined by Adrian Elliott and ministers, including Pastor Dana Smith, Rev. Gervais Barger and Rev. Suzy Rivera.
Minister community leader Tre Brown brought prayerful song to the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
The event is held each, “December 21,” the Friendship Service Center says, “the longest night of the year.”
The Friendship Center says the ceremony, “is remembered annually as Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, a time when we remember the people who lost their lives while experiencing homelessness.”
Pastor Smith offered prayer at the ceremony that resources that be found, “to serve the unhoused, ” so, in the future, “there will not be so many names,” of people who died after experiencing homelessness.
The event, organizers say is held, “to remember and honor their lives,” and, “is also intended to raise awareness of homelessness.”
The event was held in Central Park in downtown, near the city’s official Christmas tree.
